Family man stabbed victim after driveway death threat in Gainsborough

A Gainsborough man has been given a suspended jail sentence after stabbing another man during a confrontation in the early hours of the morning.

Stuart McGhie armed himself with a kitchen knife after being told a group of men were making threats outside his home. Jonathon Dee, prosecuting, said there was a confrontation in McGhie's driveway. McGhie produced the knife in response to a threat that he was about to be killed.

He told the men to go away. One of the men swung a punch and McGhie responded by stabbing the man in the chest.

The victim suffered a deep cut which penetrated his left lung. He tried to make his way back to his own home but found himself in difficulties and was taken to hospital.

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Confronted a group of men after arming himself with knife?
Clearly Mr McGhie is a former CIA assassin who has had his memory erased and been placed in some relocation scheme that somehow failed.
I'm not usually in favour of instant jail regardless, but I think a stabbing causing a punctured lung using a weapon deliberately taken to an affray, even when the victim is not without fault, maybe outweighs a job and a family.

judge Michael Heath told McGhie: "You didn't deliberately go to stab him and the injury was not life threatening."
Why do all of our Judges appear to be fools.
1. McGhie armed himself with a kitchen knife before going outside. In my book he went out with the intention to deliberately stab someone.
2. "The victim suffered a deep cut which penetrated his left lung." This could obviously have been life threatening
3. McGhie could have called the Police instead !